Pitiful

Word PITIFUL
Character 7
Hyphenation pit i ful
Pronunciations /ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Pitiful"

What do we mean by pitiful?

Inspiring or deserving pity. adjective

Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. synonym: pathetic. adjective

Filled with pity or compassion. adjective

Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a feeling of sorrow and sympathy for the distressed.

Exciting or fitted to excite pity or compassion; miserable; deplorable; sad: as, a pitiful condition; a pitiful look.

To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; insignificant; contemptible; despicable.

Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. adjective

Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. adjective

To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. adjective

Feeling pity; merciful. adjective

So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. adjective

Very small (of an amount or number). adjective

Bad; unfortunate adjective

Deserving or inciting pity adjective

Inspiring mixed contempt and pity adjective

Feeling pity; merciful.

So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

Of an amount or number: very small.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pitiful

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The word "pitiful" in example sentences

Consider This: Not only is this name hard to spell and pronounce, but it also seems to conjure up the word pitiful. ❋ Bruce Lansky (2008)

Lipton looked across at Conroy, his expression pitiful. ❋ Max Allan Collins (2002)

They went around trying to get invited – how pitiful is that and even came with their own film crew. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A thousand dogs, in pitiful chorus, wailed their ancient wrongs and claimed mercy from the unheeding stars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This model is in pitiful shape; it's warped with water damaged, faded from the sun, and set beneath a perpetual drip of water-runoff from the cliff above. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The one thing that enlivened this trip was the appearance of naked Arabs, who would occasionally run along the banks of the canal, crying in pitiful tones, "bahkshish." ❋ Unknown (1890)

I think that phrase pitiful giant is an awkward one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We are now what another beknighted president, in another war, called a pitiful, helpless giant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At this point, you have to decide whether it's hilarious or just plain pitiful. ❋ Unknown (2006)

IMHO, calling the pitiful quartet of articles of questionable merit and doubtful applicability anything like a “scientific and intellectual program” verges awfully close on…well, on lying. ❋ Unknown (2006)

How, therefore, such a sum should acquire the idea of pitiful in the eyes of the master of a ship seems not easy to be accounted for; since it appears more likely to produce in him ideas of a different kind. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The teachers in public school were collectively described as pitiful, ignorant, and stifling of any individuality in the students. ❋ Judith Marks Mishne (1986)

The dark eyes blazed; then softened under a mist as memory recalled the pitiful story of that other Quinton girl; and Mrs. Jo G. 's kindness that black night when she, Janet, was born. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"I see; it means we are shams, and not real," Bessie said, and her bright face was overclouded with an expression pitiful to see in one so young. ❋ Mary Jane Holmes (1866)

Cross Reference for Pitiful

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What does pitiful mean?

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